阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上涂黑。
Stephanie McRae was used to driving in bad weather. Although 16 still beat the windshield of her SUV(运动越野车), the worst of the day's storm seemed to have passed as she 17 her 11-year-old daughter, Maddie, home at 8:30 pm.
Maddie 18 in front, while two young kids sat strapped into their SUV 19 in back. Driving along the mad by a river, McRae, 39, 20 a terrifying sight: The road just ahead had been craved in and 21 . She stepped heavily on the brake. The SUV 22 into a flooded hole some 6 metres below, and was washed into the 23 , which the storm had turned into a 24 river 30 metres wide. Rocks and fallen tree 25 knocked into her SUV, making it upside down. The pressure blew out the window.
No one was hurt, 26 there was no way to escape either, The SUV was being 27 towards the middle of the river, about 400 metres away. McRae 28 helplessly and prayed aloud with Maddie: “Please, God, please, help us!” The SUV, submerged and 29 with water, came to a stop when it parked at an angle in a logjam(浮木阻塞).
It was Maddie who took control. Pushing her way out of the 30 back window, the slight but athletic Maddie 31 onto the top of the SUV, which had righted itself, and yelled to her mother to hoist up the younger children. Soon the 32 were crowded on the top of the SUV’s roof. 33 to hold on as the water swept over them. McRae caught hold of the two-year-old kid to her chest while holding the three-year-old on her leg. Both children were so 34 that MeRac wondered if they were all right. With her mother’s permission, the 11-year-old girl-Meddie got over lots of problems to ask for help in a 35 village and fortunately they were saved.
A.rain B.snow C.wind D.mud
A.walked B.drove C.ran D.rushed
A.stood B.lay C.cried D.sat
A.belts B.backs C.seats D.toys
A.worried B.thought C.saw D.feard
A.washed away B.taken away C.gone away D.moved away
A.changed B.fell C.jumped D.knocked
A.sea B.bank C.take D.river
A.rising B.leaving C.singing D.falling
A.leaves B.branches C.skins D.flowers
A.and B.or C.but D.so
A.carried B.set C.turned D.swept
A.begged B.screamed C.asked D.applied
A.filling B.burdening C.fightening D.talking
A.hidden B.closed C.broken D.covered
A.climbed B.slept C.rolled D.tied
A.two B.three C.four D.five
A.losing B.trying C.finding D.getting
A.noisy B.happy C.excited D.quiet
A.remote B.close C.crowded D.unknown